Adjustable head support



Jan. 28, 1936. J. c. HINTZ ADJUSTABLE HEAD SUPPORT Filed Sept. 24, 1934 INVENTOR. Josephine C Hintz ATTORNEY.

I Patented Jan. 28, 1936 I UNiTiED STATS PATENT OFFICE ADJUSTABLE HEAD SUPPORT Josephine C. Hintz, Lake Mills, Iowa Application September 24, 1934,'Serial No. 745,227

2 Claims. (01. 155-174)' The principal object of my invention is to gagement with the shaft M at times. The nuprovide a device that will steady and hold the meral l6 designates a Supp arm rigidly 8 head of a person getting a permanent hair wave. cured to the upper portion of the shaft I4.

A further bj t, of thi invention i t provide Rigidly secured at one end to the outer end portion a head support and rest for use during the procof the arm 16 is a bracket member ll. This 5 ess of obtaining a permanent wave that is easily bracket m m I? is u v d to oos ly m ra e and quickly adjusted to conform with heads of the back of the head of the subject and has a various shapes and sizes. curved plate ll to which is secured by suitable A still further object of my invention is to means on its inner side a pad element 18 of suitprovide a head support for use in connection able resilient material such as sponge rubber 10 with permanent hair waving machines that is or the like.

economical in manufacture and durable in use. This pad I8 is designed to engage the back These and other objects will be apparent to lower portion of the head and is shaped acthose skilled in the art. cordingly, as shown in Fig. 2. In order that 113 My invention consists in the construction, arthis pad member [8 will not only steady the' 5 rangement and combination of the various parts head, but partially support it as well, it is set at of the device, whereby the objects contemplated an angle to the vertical, i. e., outwardly and upare attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, wardly, as illustrated in Fig. 1. The numeral pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the IS designates a second bracket member designed I20 accompanying drawing, in which: to loosely embrace the front portion of the head '20 Fig. 1 is a side view of my complete device in of the subject. This bracket I9 is curved to con- .use, with dotted lines showing a permanent hair form to the curvature of the head and is comwaving machine and a subject receiving a perplementary to the bracket member II. It is pivmanent wave therefrom. otally secured at one of its ends to the outer end Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the upper portion portion of the arm l6 by the thumb screw 20. '25

of my apparatus and more fully illpstrates its The numeral l9 designates a curved plate seconstruction. cured to the bracket Ill. The numeral 2| desig- Fig. 3 is a front view of the upper portion of nates a front .pad element rigidly secured to the my device. inner side of the curved plate l9. This pad 2! Fig. 4 is an enlarged top plan view of the front is designed to engage the forehead of the sub- 30 head engaging pad. ject and is shaped accordingly. To accomplish The obtaining of a permanent hair wave is the engagement of the forehead by this pad 2! a very tedious and prolonged experience. One it is necessary to position it in a plane substanof the chiefreasons for this is that so much of tially above the horizontal plane of the pad I8. the weight of the permanent waving equipment This is made possible by bending the arm 19 up- 35 rests on the subjects head that it requires great wardly, as shown in Fig. 3. effort and considerable strength to hold the head The practical operation of the device is as folupright. The usual procedure is for the operator lows: The device is moved up adjacent the subto manually support and hold the subjects head j t, as shown in Fig. 1, with the pad l8 at the du the hair wav op rati n. This is, of back of the head. With the set screw l5 loosened, 40 course unsatisfactory and also requires much the shaft I4 is manually lowered or raised to bring unnecessary time of the operator. I have overthe pad 8 to the desired height By mtatmg the come all such objections as will hereinafter be shaft '4 the Supporting arm "5 will be properly appreciated.

positioned relative to the sitting position of the Refemng drawmg' I have used the subject. After the shaft has been placed in the meral Hi to generally designate a permanent hair waving machine of the electric type The desired position the screw l5 ismanually tight; meral ll designates the head of a subject getened for preventmg a undesuable movemen ting a permanent wave. I have used the numeral of the Shaft relatlve to the base post- I2 to designate the base of my device having a A t the pad has been placed and ngldly P hollow vertical post |3 extending upwardly sitioned at the back of the head of the subject therefrom, as shown in Fig. 1. Slidably and rothe bracket member I9 is swung inwardly to bring tatably mounted in the post I3 is a, shaft, 14, the pad 2| into contact with the forehead of the The numeral [5 designates a thumb set screw j after Which the thumb SCIBW is i h threaded through the wall of the post [3 for enened for preventing any outward movement of 55 ithe-bracket member, l9

' 7' back portion andfrontportion of the head re-" relative to the bracket member 11.; i f

With the pad elements 7 l8 and 2| engaging the spectively the head of the subjectwill be successfully supported and held, thereby'afiording comfort to the subject andreleasing theoperator of the permanent waving machine for other du-, i ties. It will also be found that my device is highly '10 desirable duringthe blocking of the hair and be fore the heating elements of the permanent waving machine are placed on the hair, asthe device Iwill hold the head of the subject in rigid position,

subjet it is merely necessary to loosenthe thumb thereby making it much easier tor the operator 'to'prepare the hair. 7 iv a "To remove, the device from the head of the screw 20 and swing the bracket member l9 outwardly, as shown'by dotted linesin Fig. 2.

By locating the pad I8 low on the back portion of the head of thesubject and the pad 2| onthe I f a forehead of thefsubjeot, the device will in no way 'interferewith the procedure of giving the permanent wave. For sanitary purposes, covers may be proi-ided 'for the'pads l8 and 2!. By the bracket'meniber l9 beinghing'edly attached, the "device may be easily and quickly attached to the head of a subject and the variation in the size or shape cf heads of various' subjects may automatically be compensated for. In some instances it may be desired torigidly secure my' eomplete T device to the permanent waving machine. This I :may be accomplished by slidably and rotatably 'securingthe'supporting arm'to andaround the supporting post of the permanent waving mathanthey are near their central portions; as

' fshown in the drawing.

some changes may be made in the construction -and arrangement of my improved adjustable head fsu'pportand rest for use infco'nnection with permanent hair waving machines without departing :from the real spirit and purpose, of 'my invention,

andit is my intention to cover by my claims any 7 "modified forms of structure or use of mechanical 2,029,979. 7 V t V t V V equivalents which may be reasonabiy included," within their scope. a r

Vet element te'swing horizontally and extending upwardly and. forwardly and laterally to an elevation substantially above the elevation of said f Iii order that the padsi lli and 2} will more securely hold the head of 'the' subject, I have" formed each of them thicker at their outer ends' second bracket element 7 against 'movement relative to said arm. i

Iclaimr I a v 1. In adevice of the class described, a support- I ing post, an arm jextending forwardly and up-' Wardly from said post, a curved bracket element" extending rearwardly and laterally and rigidly secured to said-arm, a curved plate on said, bracket element, a pad member on theinner sideof said curved plate at an angle tothe vertical andtdee signed to engage the back lower portion of the head of the user, a second curved bracket Q19! ment hinged to said arm adjacent the first brack first-mentioned bracket element, a curved @plate 'on said second curved bracket element and posi-.,

" tioned in'a horizontaliplane substantially above,

the horizontal plane of said first-mentioned'plate;

a pad member on the inner side of said second curved plate designed to engage the forehead of, the user, and a means for locking said second bracket element against inde: endent movement relative to said arm. '7 J. V

2. n a device or theclassdescribedfa sup orta secured to said arm, a pad member operatively head of the user, a second curved bracket element hinged to said, arm adjacent the first bracket elewardly and forwardlyand laterallyj-to an eleva tion substantially above the elevation of said first- V 7 mentioned bracket element, a pad member 'opera tively secured on the innerside; of said second- 'c'urved bra'cket element designed to engage the ing post, an arm'extending forwardly and up- V wardly from said post, a curved bracket"element 7 f extending rearwardly andlaterally and rigidly 3 secured on'the inner'side of said curved bracket 3 merit to swing horizontally and extending up? member extendinglatanangle to the verticaland V designed to engage the'back lower portion of the forehead of the user and positioned in a plane g V V substantially" above the plane of the" first-mentioned pad m mber, and a means forlocking said 3 independent 'Joserrmvncynrnrzg 

